From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 12 23:30:40 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 460151065679 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:30:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@rgbaz.eu) Received: from jasper.secsrv.net (jasper.secsrv.net [66.98.138.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 255018FC2B for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:30:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@rgbaz.eu) Received: from [77.60.177.2] (helo=[192.168.1.153]) by jasper.secsrv.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1JZW0X-0006oJ-En; Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:48:58 -0400 Message-Id: From: FreeBSD To: Mel In-Reply-To: <200803121926.15130.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 19:48:35 +0100 References: <47D7CE4E.7030508@alshome.be> <20080312151922.GC6354@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <20080312112736.47c2c4b5.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <200803121926.15130.fbsd.questions@rachie.is-a-geek.net> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - jasper.secsrv.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - rgbaz.eu X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Superuser password lost X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:30:40 -0000 On 12 mrt 2008, at 19:26, Mel wrote: > On Wednesday 12 March 2008 16:27:36 Bill Moran wrote: > >> I don't know of anywhere in the FreeBSD base system >> that the term "superuser" is used > > In the kernel even! > suser(9), suser_cred(9), vfs_suser(9) > Have you had a look at 'man su' ? Arno